The Names
The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son’s birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends fo...
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Neither of them is home yet. Her son is meeting Maia after work; her husband is…
where? He doesn’t tell Cora when he won’t be home.
So this evening she makes dinner as usual and as six-thirty turns to seven, as the melted cheese topping on a feta and spinach bake starts to resolidify, she waits.
Waits for his key in the lock, waits to see what his mood will be.
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- Prologue 12:32
- Chapter Bear 18:40
- Chapter Julian 20:06
- Chapter Gordon 27:34
- Bear 24:30
- Julian 22:37
- Gordon 32:19
- Bear 20:32
- Chapter 12 24:10
- Chapter 13 33:40
- Chapter 15 29:25
- Chapter 16 33:36
- Gordon 32:12
- Bear 46:25
- Julian 27:34
- Gordon 38:00
- Chapter 23 44:28
- Chapter 24 47:41
- Chapter 25 32:34
- Epilogue 07:01